PREVIEW: #4 women’s rugby eyeing seventh RSEQ crown again #2 Laval

Photo: Greg Mason
Photo: Greg Mason
October 19, 2022

October 22, 2022 

Even though their berths at the U SPORTS National Championship are already locked up, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and Laval Rouge et Or will duke it out for conference supremacy on the frozen tundra of Stade TELUS-UL. 

This will be the fifth straight year the RSEQ final will be contested between the two schools. Ottawa took the much-anticipated matchup from 2017 through 2019, while Laval won in 2021. They have combined for 10 total RSEQ titles, all of which were won in the last 15 years. 

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

  • The Gee-Gees secured their spot in the U SPORTS National Championship by defeating their crosstown foes from Carleton 37-10. It was the first meeting in the playoffs between the two schools.
  • Claire Gallagher's 66 regular season points (three tries, 24 converts, one penalty) were the most by a Gee-Gee since Emma Sandstrom's 68 in 2017 (one try, 30 converts, one penalty).
  • This will be Ottawa's eighth straight year at the U SPORTS National Championship. They are searching for their seventh consecutive medal.

LAVAL GAME NOTES

  • Major stat leaders
    • Tries: Marie-Pier Fauteux – 12
    • Converts: Adèle Samson – 12
    • Penalties: Anne Lamothe – 2
  • Laval blew away the Montreal Carabins in the semi-final, winning 90-3. Laura Guay scored 40 points – four tries and 10 converts.
  • Guay's 40 points were more than she'd scored in the entire regular season. Just seven players scored 40 or more points in the whole RSEQ regular season.
  • The Rouge et Or will be attending Nationals for the fifth straight season. They've won four total medals at the U SPORTS tourney, including gold in 2019.

The game will be streamed live on the Rouge et Or Facebook page.